deleted • Dependency checks for that package • Request a project hand-off? • Other projects need to be notified • RSS feed of these things • Needs moderation but PyPI busy
Reasonable pay • Works with PyPI team to do package curation • Helps project leads if they need to hand off • Broadcasts so the community knows about it
seed money to open source projects that can provide a return of investment on these items: • Tangible benefit to the Python community • Money via a viable business model
participants in coding contests • Django Dash & other unborn contests • PSF offers YC-style seed funding • Marketing: Blog posts, PyCon booths, python.org • Lets them go to do their thing What the PSF Board / Community does:
Python dependencies • Let’s PyPI focus on what it does best - Indexing • Provides additional security • Fetch packages any way you want • Not yet launched. ☹ Developer paying the bills?
source • Less need for Paid Community manager • Will probably archive all legacy packages Possible Advantages (Except ones flagged for critical things like security) • OMG CAN WE HAVE THIS PLEASE?
• Open source it? • + Lowers the bus factor • - Easy launch of copy versions of site • - Does it become harder to earn profit? • + Once launched, SLA is key
Improved search • Language neutral to support other tools • Better caching • Additional RSS feeds • Give us more hard metrics please! I — Open Comparison